Archives April 2014

Next Music From Tokyo Vol.6 is coming soon on from May 16th and much like its other volumes. It'll bring live performances by Japanese rock bands to Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
But what is "Next Music From Tokyo" (NMFT)?
Founded in 2009, NMFT is a Japanese rock and live music event and has already...

Earlier this week, Canadian pop-singer Avril Lavigne released a video that for all intents and purposes was a silly song about her love of Japan and the anime character Hello Kitty.
Accusations of racism and cultural appropriation soon followed with Twitter users crying out over the misrepresentation...

Kanamara Matsuri is held on April's first Sunday in Kanagawa prefecture's Kawasaki City. It's held near to the Kanayama shrine that is within the larger Wakamiya shrine.
The festival is especially popular with Western tourists who visit Japan during the Sakura season. Many also participate in this...

Even though there are many restaurants in the area, Koyoi is always crowded right after it opens at 5 p.m.
It’s different from an Izakaya, which is a Japanese-style bar like Guu or Dondon Izakaya. Koyoi has a variety of Japanese food from appetizers to desserts, and it comes closer to the real...

Deep inside of the Aura condo near Dundas and Yonge lays a hidden gem.
Descending down the stairs and into a sparsely populated food court, Kaiju’s red and white sign makes an immediate impression and so too does owner Siak Khoon Chen.
The take-out restaurant has a great variety of Japanese and Malaysian...

Tokyo -- A cherry tree seed, once aboard the International Space Station, has bloomed years ahead of schedule, reports AFP.
The four-year-old sapling bloomed on April 1st, and has baffled the Buddhist brothers at the temple in centre Japan where the actual tree is growing.
"We are amazed to see how fast...

TOKYO -- The memoirs of Masabumi Hosono, the sole Japanese survivor of the Titanic that sunk in 1912, will be on display at a Yokohama museum, according to Japan Today.
Starting April 19, Hosono's memoirs will be on display at the Yokohama Minato Museum as part of the museum's special "Treasures collection"...

Spring is finally coming to Toronto after the coldest winter in 20 years.
In Spring, Japanese hold a party called Hanami where they eat dango (sweet rice dumpling) with green tea or bento box, and so on. They do this under the cherry trees that blossom during this time of the year. It's also known...

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Drifting down the slopes at the Sochi Olympic Games, Katie Tsuyuki snowboards as if she was born to do it.
Picking up the sport at sixteen-years-old, Tsuyuki began what would be a career...

Last time, I wrote an article about the top five Japanese male fashion models, but there are also many kinds of fashion for women as well.
In this article, I will introduce how Japanese women wear and match their clothing. In addition, the a below article is written to include a little bit of a boy's...